Sullivan-Bradford County PA Archives Biographies.....STEPHENSON, Benjamin C. 1834 - 
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  Author: Thomas J. Ingham (1899)
  
       BENJAMIN C. STEPHENSON, a well-known citizen of Elk Lake, Fox township, is
  a veteran soldier, who is justly proud of his record during the Civil war. He
  was a member of Company G, Forty-ninth Pennsylvania Infantry, First Division,
  Third Brigade, under Colonel Hickman and Captain James T. Stuart. Mr. Stephenson
  took part in the battle of the Wilderness and the seven-days fight, into which
  the regiment entered with eight hundred and eighty-seven men, and at the close
  of the seven days not one hundred responded for duty. They succeeded, however,
  in driving the rebels from the vicinity of Washington, District of Columbia.
  This regiment was also in the battle of Winchester, Virginia, after which it
  went to Petersburg and served at Fort Hill. Our subject was present at the
  surrender of General Lee to General Grant at Blackwater Run, which ended the
  war. He also took part in a skirmish at Hall's Hill, and in fording the Potomac
  river caught a severe cold, which brought on the rheumatism and caused him great
  suffering. When he entered the service he was physically one of the best men in
  the regiment, weighing one hundred and eighty-five pounds, but after his attack
  of rheumatism was reduced to less than one hundred pounds! He was honorably
  discharged in July, 1865, and returned to Bradford county, stopping at
  Harrisburg to procure a pair of crutches, as he was so badly crippled that he
  could not walk without them. He has suffered much from his experience in the
  army, but has never regretted the sacrifice he made for the good of his adopted
  country.
  
      Our subject was born in Liverpool, England, January 1, 1834, a son of
  Benjamin and Jane (Watson) Stephenson, natives of Yorkshire, England. He was
  brought to this country by his parents when a small boy and they settled in
  Bradford county, Pennsylvania, where his mother died in 1849 and his father in
  1864. The latter was a farmer and lumberman by occupation and was a member of
  the Episcopal church, while his wife was a Catholic. They were the parents of
  four children: William, living in Sheshequin, who was a soldier in the same
  company and regiment as our subject; Anastasia (Mrs. Horton), deceased; Mary
  (Mrs. Rice), deceased; and Benjamin C., our subject.
  
      Mr. Stephenson was married July 15, 1855, to Miss Sarah Jane Dickens, who
  was born in Ulster county, New York, a daughter of Stephen E. and Mary (Miller)
  Dickens. They are the parents of the following children: Dorrance Ulysses, who
  died when twenty-nine years old, unmarried and living with his parents, to whom
  he was devoted; Ann Eliza, wife of John D. Kunzman, of Elkland township; Kate
  (Mrs. Warner), who died at the age of twenty years; Joseph Edward, who was born
  in 1876 and married Miss Grace E. Martin, and they have one daughter, Sarah
  Elmina; John Franklin, who was born December 18, 1877, and lives with his parents.
  
      Mr. Stephenson is a Democrat but liberal in his views, voting for the men he
  deems the most suitable for office. He was for many years a member of the G. A.
  R., is a loyal citizen and good neighbor and well thought of by all.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
      Extracted from: 
        
      History of Sullivan County Pennsylvania
      by Thomas J. Ingham
        
      Compendium of Biography
        
      The Lewis Publishing Company
      Chicago: 1899
  
  
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